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Chapter Twenty-Eight: Jack's Dilemma

(Pohli's POV)

Humming to myself, I walked down the sidewalk on my way home. It was late and I probably shouldn't have been out at that late by myself like that. But silly me, I tend to do stupid things like that. Anyway, I'd kill anyone who got close to me.

I prepared myself to walk past this bar that I totally loath. I hated this bar with a passion because it was always noisy and loud, with old men whom hooted and hollered at me.

As I was walking by one old guy shouted something along the lines of, "Hey sexy, want some of this?" But I ignored him and quickened my pace.

When the bar was way behind me and out of my view, I heard shouting coming from the alleyway nearby.

"Goddamn you, I don't need you!"

I looked down the alley to see the figure of a man stumbling back from and now closed door. "I don't need anyone! Don't need you and I don't need her! Never had an' never will!"

I froze as he drew nearer. I should have been running by then but for some reason I couldn't move at all.

"What are you looking at?" He pointed to me as he came into the light and I recognized the cocky bastard instantly.

JACK!

"Pohli?" Jack leaned forward, trying to get a better look at me.

"Jack what are you doing here?" I ran over to him and steadied his balance. A strong aroma of beer and god only knows what else hung all over him.

"I could ask you the same question. It's a little late for such a hot girl to be out alone…" He smiled and I just scoffed at him.

"No, damn it. Your not supposed to be here, I thought you were staying at Shigure's house?"

He just started laughing and at one point he almost fell over. "Like hell, you think that Akito would let me even stay here in Japan? Nope, he thinks I'm in the states. He even paid for a ticket to get me out of here. I've been living in a friggin' box in the park."

My jaw dropped… a box in the park?

"But… how have you been staying clean?" I didn't want to just ask 'Hey you smell nice! How can that be if you've been living in a box?'

"The duck ponds a good place to take a bath just gotta watch out for cops." Jack slurred his words together so it was a little hard to understand him at times.

I stared blankly at him, what else could I do? Thoughts raced through my mind about what I could do with the moron.

Only one seemed to stick and that one showed up scrolling in big letters across my mind,

TAKE HIM HOME.

I really didn't want to take him home because I didn't think that was the best idea with Akito running around. Maybe if I hid him and no one heard him, "Jack?"

Jack was randomly running off down the street waving his arms around, screaming at that stupid random kid that I had thrown a pencil at a day before. I being the kind soul that I am chased after and scared the poor kid away myself. "Jack you Moron! I'm not letting you run around the streets like this, you're going to get-"

Damn him for never letting my finish any sentences.

He grabbed my waist from behind and spun me around in circles.

"OK THAT'S ENOUGH!" I shoved him off and shook him, "You are coming home with me!"

I know I'm going to regret this…

………………

Two hours and two blocks later we finally reached my small extension off of Aki's larger house.

"So… This your place?" Jack fell in through the doorway.

"Actually, its Akito's." I mumbled hoping he was still to drunk to understand anything I said.

"Cool." He said mindlessly in English. Even though I found Jack annoying and a pain in the ass, he was still fun to be around. He was the only person I knew who could speak English with me. Oh, sure I'm semi-fluent in Japanese but I know English.

I led him into my bedroom/living room upstairs and tossed him a towel. "You're not going to be sleeping on my couch without taking a bath first." He yawned and fell into the bathroom. I laughed lightly and changed into my nightgown. Since I don't normally have other people spend the night the only nightgowns I had were silky but comfortable.

Yawning, I laid down on the bed after throwing a few blankets on the couch so Jack wouldn't freeze. As long as Akito doesn't show up I'm okay!

(Jack's POV)

"What are you doing?"

I turned around to see a very sleepy Pohli leaning on the doorframe in her nightgown. I shoved everything I was packing behind me. "I was just getting ready to leave and I didn't want to wake you up, you might rip my eyes out or something." I commented sarcastically.

Her sleepy eyes widened in suspicion. "You were taking my food weren't you?! You Jackass! First you decide you're going to leave without saying goodbye, then you steal my food?" She stomped into the kitchen and looked at what I was packing. I shoved the shirt of hers I was taking into my pocket.

"I wasn't going to be gone long, I just was going to take enough stuff to get an apartment and a job. I'd pay you back, jeez." I did a pathetic fainting action and leaned against the kitchen sink. She sighed and opened the fridge. "You know your pretty when you're angry." I casually added and stepped behind her as she leaned down into the fridge.

"Shut up. I'm not going to fall for that old-" She turned around and stood up. There was about an inch of space in between us and I had to use every bit of restraint I had to not close the gap between us. "Here, let me make you something to eat before you go." She stuttered and blushed.

Pohli darted backwards and busily started looking for something to cook. I turned around briefly and started to make a cup of coffee but kept glancing over my shoulder to watch her.

I knew she couldn't cook. I had tried her cooking before and it… well… it didn't stay in my stomach long enough to be enjoyed.

I poured water into a teapot and placed it on the stove.

Hell! Who am I kidding? I can't cook either. I boil water and it catches on fire.

I glanced over my shoulder again at her. She was standing on her tiptoes trying to reach high above her head for something. It looked like the only thing that was edible… rice.

I couldn't help but stare at her while she struggled to reach the rice and how her delicate fingertips barely brushed the box. Deciding that I better stop staring at her before she noticed, I looked down towards the floor, receiving a good view of her legs.

Damn, the girls got some nice legs. Ok so what if she does hate me, I'm a guy right? I can think like this even if we don't like each other I can still think she's hot.

She finally grabbed the container but started to fall backwards. Slamming down on her ass, the container flew in the air and hit the floor causing the rice to explode everywhere.

"Nice job there slick." I muttered and she tried to stand up. Futilely trying to hide her pain, Pohli took her time trying to get up. Slowly she reached out and grabbed the cabinet door and began to pull herself up.

Dirty thoughts kept going through my head as she struggled to stand up in that silky tight fitting outfit. Thoughts that if she knew I was thinking, she'd probably have Akito shoot me.

"Here let me help you—" I offered a helping hand but she batted it away.

"NO! I can do it myself!" Pohli yanked on a cabinet door and got to her feet but also managed to dump a bunch of metal pots all over the floor making noise to wake the dead, and enough noise to make my head want to detonate. She looked at me concerned as I held my injured head. "You ok there?" She asked as if she didn't know I had a hangover.

I cringed and bent down to her level. "No…"

Her knees looked like they would buckle at any moment.

I sighed and put my hands on her hips. Before she could protest I lifted her up and sat her on the counter top.

"You need to get back to bed." I leaned over the sink and began to intently focus in on a small black dot on the bottom.

"So do you." She looked over at me and smiled, "Hatori said that Akito's getting better." A new light of pleasure crossed her beautiful face whenever she spoke of Akito. The Bastard! "He said he should be as good as new soon." The little black dot on the bottom of the sink unfocused and my throat tightened. "He… he told me he liked me. He…" Pohli continued talking as if she were daydreaming about something wonderful.

I couldn't take it anymore. I slammed my fist down onto the countertop making her jump. "Don't talk about him!" I roared and held my head.

"What?" Her lips trembled and her eyes looked teary.

"Can't you see I… I…" I grabbed her shoulders, pressing her against the cabinet and leaned close to her. I so wanted to taste her trembling lips…

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING???"

I pulled back at the sound of Akito's voice.

"I'LL KILL YOU, JACK!!!" Akito roared and charged at me but Pohli ran to him, throwing her arms around his neck. He shoved her away from himself in disgust. "What were you doing, you slut!" Pohli crumpled to the floor and her whole body trembled.

How dare he touch her… how dare he hurt her!

"Bastard, how dare you even touch Pohli? She was mine, the one person I had and you took her!" Akito was furious and grabbed my neck in his frail hands… damn the scrawny guy gets strong when he's pissed off… "You get everything! You aren't going to die! You're going to live and get everything once I die! EVERYTHING! You take everything I should have had!"

Pohli hesitantly sat up and refused to look at Akito or me.

I wished she would look at me with her beautiful eyes…

TO BE CONTINUED

Kyou-chan: No! Don't end it there!

Umi-chan: You write way too long! So this little event can continue next chapter or the chapter after that!

Kyou-chan: NO! (Dies)

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